Film review: High & Low – John Galliano documentary a story of obsession, addiction and excess

The real story is the disgraced Galliano’s long crawl back towards rehabilitating his reputation as ‘fashion’s greatest success story’.

Kevin Macdonald's new documentary, High & Low: John Galliano explores the rise and fall of the fashion designer

★★★★☆

Arguably the most inventive fashion designer of his generation, John Galliano was at the peak of his powers when, in 2010, he was filmed outside a Paris bar delivering anti-Semitic abuse.